Irish singer Lisa Hannigan follows her acclaimed debut Sea Sew with Passenger, out September 20 on ATO Records. Hanniganâ€™s first solo outing garnered critical praise from NPRâ€™s â€œAll Things Considered,â€ who hailed her voice as â€œethereal,â€ The Los Angeles Times, which described the album as â€œcharmingly idiosyncratic,â€ and People Magazine, which called the debut record â€œdreamy.â€ Hannigan, who received a 2009 Mercury Prize nomination for the album, also performed on â€œThe Tonight Show with Jay Lenoâ€ and â€œThe Colbert Report.â€ She will support the new release with a North American tour this fall. Please see reverse for full tour schedule.

Hannigan leads a group of friends through ten songs on Passenger, recorded over a week at Brynderwyn Studios in North Wales by Grammy-winning producer Joe Henry (Solomon Burke, Allen Toussaint, Ramblinâ€™ Jack Elliot) and engineer Ryan Freeland (Ray LaMontagne). Much of Passenger reflects Hanniganâ€™s journey, particularly whilst touring her first record. She explains, â€œMany of [the songs] were written while I was away from home or on the road, and the feeling of transience and nostalgia that this constant traveling evoked seemed to seep into every song.â€ The overarching theme of the record, then, is â€œthose loves, heartbreaks, confusions and friendships that we take with us through life, over years and continents, enduring the passage of time.â€